Be Still, My Friends (again)

I got carried away in my survey of Fr Frank Andersen’s music and made a backing for this song I had already blogged here.

This backing sounds different:

Refrain

I ask you my friends to be still and know that I am here with you.

The longing in your hearts I will fill for I now make my home in you.

1

The mountains, the valleys, the oceans deep sing praises and glory to you.

And all of creation joins in song; but we find you within.

2

The crowds on the hillsides need your bread. The lame need your healing hand.

The blind and the dumb cry out for you; when will our hearts be filled?

3

We’ve worked all the day, Lord, hear our prayer. Our hearts laboured long for you.

But now we’ve returned and you know our need; to spend some time with you.

© Frank Andersen 1979

In the big book of his songs suggests this as a solo in the verses and perhaps as a gathering song for a less formal liturgy.